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Justin Jamail, Guest Author October 22-26
This week we welcome Justin Jamail as our guest author. Justin grew up in Houston, Texas, and he now lives in Montclair, New Jersey. His first collection of poems, Exchangeable Bonds, was published by…
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Happy birthday, Robert Pinsky [by David Lehman]
As one who believes in the poetics of the big tent,I say we make this an annual eventin the season of changing leaves.And this year, as you turn seventy-seven,whom do I seein heavenbut Igor Stravinskyspeaking…
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David Shapiro on the Phone: Highlights [by David Lehman]
<<<In Ashbery's collages the juxtaposition of images is like the two-person collision in boxing. And you can quote me on that. Everything is adagio. And you can quote me on that, too. Looking at the…
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Dee Dee Bridgwater, “Ne Me Quitte Pas”: magnifique! [by David Lehman]
Ce chanson est meilleur en francais. La version americaine, "If you Go Away," traduit par Rod McKuen, est beaucoup moins satisfaisant. Dee Dee Bridgewater, qui est nee a Flint, Michigan mais a passe un…
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Next Line, Please: The False Confession [by Virginia Valenzuela]
This week on Next Line, Please, we take up the false confession. Think murder mysteries, The Wire, Law and Order. How many times has someone taken the blame to cover up for someone else?…
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The Shock! & The Surprise! of “Tatsachen”: LNI’s torridly virgin performance changes our perpective [by Tracy Danison]
Photo removed by request Mes absences sont du sentiment - “Christine” – Christine & the Queens Multidisciplinary artist LNI’s Le Baiser de la pute/Kiss of the whore performance piece, which I experienced at FRASQ#2 performance…
